Gemarginaliseerde "Ander" in P.G. du Plessis se Fees van die ongenooides

Abstract

P.G. du Plessis’ latest published novel, Fees van die ongenooides (2008), can be said to have marginalisation as a central theme. In this article, the topic of marginalisation in the novel is approached by making use of André P. Brink’s literary theoretical perspective regarding post-apartheid literature, which confirms the function of this subgenre as to primarily inform the reader about the oppressed and marginalised aspects of South African history. Consequently, a number of varying discourses about marginalization functioning in Fees van die ongenooides are identified and explored. Significantly, these discourses demonstrate a textual reconstruction of the marginalised other in terms of the voicing of silence and the rewriting of history and memory.